Project coordinator

TRANSCULTURAL PSYCHOSOCIAL ORGANIZATION (TPO) NEPAL is a leading Nepali NGO working on psychosocial research, intervention design and implementation, capacity building and service provision. TPO was established in 2005, and has a staff of 52

TPO Nepal is UNHCR’s implementing partner for psychosocial care and support in the Bhutanese refugee camps. There are currently more than 100,000 refugees who have been living in these camps for the last 17 years. Resettlement in third countries began this year, and will continue for the next several years.

The new project requires one Project Coordinator, ten psychosocial counselors and two accountants all based at Jhapa district, except one accountant.

1. Project coordinator (one persons based at Jhapa)

 Coordinates all project activities at the field level
 Lead weekly project meetings; participate in UNHCR, IOM and other implementing partner meetings
 Coordinate activities with: (1) UNHCR and IOM; (2) other implementing partners and camp institutions in the refugee camps; (3) other functional teams at TPO (training, research, admin)
 Prepares draft job descriptions, ads, coordinates recruitment process with management and admin team
 Orients new staff
 Supervises staff of 10-14 Psychosocial Counselors and 3-5 project and office support staff
 Conducts staff performance appraisals
 Assesses staff development needs and plans/coordinates in-house trainings
 Develops detailed project workplans
 Reviews weekly counselor reports
 Writes monthly and quarterly narrative reports for submission to UNHCR
 Drafts final report
 Develops draft of proposal for renewal/extension
 Supervises Project Accounts Assistant
 Reviews monthly project expenditure reports
 Makes recommendations/requests to Executive Manager and Finance Officer for spending
 Develops preliminary project budgets for renewal; supports Finance Officer in revision of budgets.

REPORTS TO: Executive Manager for direct supervision; Clinical Advisor for clinical supervision.

SKILLS, QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:

Required
• 2 years project management experience
• Bachelor’s Degree
• 6 months psychosocial counseling training or degree in field of psychology or social psychology
• 2 years counseling experience
• Fluent Nepali and excellent English language skills (spoken and written)
• Ability to write clearly in English
• Willingness to be based in Jhapa for a minimum of 80% time
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and negotiation skills
• Supervisory experience
• Ability to take initiative and provide leadership, juggle multiple tasks, and work effectively in a multi-cultural environment
Preferred
• Experience being field-based
• Experience working with highly vulnerable clients
• 5 years increasingly responsible relevant work experience
• Knowledge of/experience in community based approach to psychosocial care
• Strong facilitation and training skills

Salary range Nrs. 20,000 - 30,000 depending up on the experiences.